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Manuscripts and Transcripts
Jl: Ms. noticed in Catalogue of MSS in Jaina Bhandars at Jes almere,
compiled by C.D. Dalal (Gaekwad's Oriental Series, no. XXI, pp. 62, 25) and
published in 1923. Contains the first two unmesas and about one-third of the
third unmesa, according to De (1961: viii) whose statement is based on the trans
cript (J2) supplied to him. To be precise, this ms. ends with the phrase atha vā rasasya sansrayo rasena samsrayo yas tasma[a] appearing in the vrtti of karika 3.11, De 1961:160, K p. 147. According to Punya-vijayaji (1972:139), it now
carries the number 328 in the palm-leaf mss. collection of the Jain bhānļār
established at Jaisalmer by Jina-bhadra-suri of Kharatara-gaccha.
The physical
details given by Punya-vijayaji are:
leaves 300, measurement 12 111 xl lll.
He estimates that the ms. was written in the first half of the 14th century of the Vikrama saņvat. 20
J2; A certified transcript of Jl obtained for the Dacca University in 1926
and made available to De. The transcript was made possible by the efforts of the
Dacca University authorities and the Resident of Western Rajputana States (De 1961:
viii). It is cited as "Ms. B" by De in the footnotes of his edition. Apparently,
it was returned to Jaisalmer, although De does not state so. cf. K 1977: Preface
5 and 10 and notes above. It is deposited as no. 379 in pothī 30 of paper manuscripts at
the same location as Jl. Punya-vijayaji (1972:217) records that it has
44 leaves measuring 11 11 x 51 (see note 19 above) and containing 14 lines
each. The last detail is confirmed by the two photographs printed by K at the
beginning of his edition. The date recorded in this transcript is saħvat 1984 (= 1926 A.D.) according to Punya-vijayajī, which piece of information agrees with
the fact that De's transcript was obtained in 1926 (cf. De 1961:vi11). A photo
copy of this text-source is probably in the possession of K.
